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Ocajila
Taxonomy
Ocajila was named by Macdonald (1963). Its type is Ocajila makpiyahe.
It was assigned to Echinosoricini by Van Valen (1967); to Erinaceidae by Macdonald (1963), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Galericini by Lopatin (2006), Gunnell et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Echinosoricini by Van Valen (1967); to Erinaceidae by Macdonald (1963), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Galericini by Lopatin (2006), Gunnell et al. (2008).
Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2017-05-26
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1963 | Ocajila Macdonald p. 166 |
| 1967 | Ocajila Van Valen |
| 1997 | Ocajila McKenna and Bell |
| 2006 | Ocajila Lopatin |
| 2008 | Ocajila Gunnell et al. |
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G. †Ocajila Macdonald 1963
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†Ocajila macdonaldi Korth 2022
†Ocajila makpiyahe Macdonald 1963
†Ocajila rasmusseni Korth 2022
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. R. Macdonald 1963 | Trigonid compressed antero- posteriorly; anteroposterior diameter of trigonid subequal to that of talonid; paraconid reduced to ridge |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orellan | USA (Montana) | O. makpiyahe (17090) | |
| Geringian | USA (Nebraska) | O. sp. (17709) | |
| Geringian | USA (South Dakota) | O. makpiyahe (17636) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Montana) | O. rasmusseni (17540 17543) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Nebraska) | O. makpiyahe (17708) | |
| Arikareean | USA (South Dakota) | O. macdonaldi (17520) | |
| early Early Arikareean | USA (Nebraska) | O. makpiyahe (156729) | |
| Chattian | USA (Oregon) | O. sp. (17603 93079) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (California) | O. sp. (17497) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Montana) | O. macdonaldi (17761) | |
| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | O. sp. (17816) |